How Did I Make This Photograph? - Behind the Pixels

How Did I Make This Photograph? - Behind the Pixels

Photoblog by @runrudy

Here is a behind the scenes of how one of my pictures was put together.

Last Saturday morning, my daughter and I worked on this project together.

We went out in our yard looking for bugs. We found a cute little guy as our subject. I am not sure exactly what kind of bug this is. If someone knows, please educate me. : )

Got some flowers and bits from my wife's flower pots. Shhh.

We took it back into my studio.

Here are the elements that we used to create this shot.

1. Lady bug buddy
2. Part of wife's plants
3. Multi-colored sharpies
4. Pen holder
5. Helping hand

Here is my setup. Sony A7RM2, 90mm macro, White backdrop, strobes consisted of three PCB Einsteins with barndoors. Two of the Einsteins were filtered by DIY purple flash gels.

Had one of the strobes facing the white backdrop to create the purple background.

I placed the colorful sharpies behind my subject to bring in more color to the background.

Here are two images to give you some perspective of how small the bug was.

About the size of a ballpoint pen tip. While shooting you have to keep adjusting as he keeps walking around trying to escape. I use a small piece of plastic to try to corral him to the desired position.

In total, this project took about four hours to complete.

Here is the finished photograph. We thanked the bug for his time and released him back to his home.

Hope you enjoy my photography.

Looking forward to hear from you.

If you liked this, let me know. I can share more of my process and how I do my art.

About me and my art:

I am a stay at home dad and freelance artist that believes both risk and change are necessary to achieve happiness.

• New original photographic art on the daily. Never seen on F*cebook.
• Always original content and artwork from me, myself, and I.
• If you like my artwork, follow me and I will pump my fist in solidarity and follow you back.

You can read all about my corporate layoffs, failed business ventures, and how I became a stay at home dad in my intro post at Steemit:

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@runrudy/the-art-of-becoming-a-stay-at-home-dad

Keep running and steem on!

@runrudy

All images © 2016 Rudy Gonzales. All rights reserved.